Device Preview

The Device Preview functionality has been removed from the October 2017 release of Photoshop CC. Additionally, the Preview CC iOS app is no longer available for download or actively maintained as of October 2017. If you have a previously-downloaded version of Preview CC on your iOS device, you can continue to use it on an as-is basis with earlier versions of Photoshop.

The information on this page is relevant to earlier versions of Photoshop.

Get real-time previews of your Photoshop designs on multiple iOS devices with the new Device Preview feature in Photoshop and the Adobe Preview CC mobile app. Changes you make in Photoshop CC are displayed in Preview CC in real time. You can reliably connect multiple iOS devices to Photoshop using USB or over Wi-Fi.

If you have a document with artboards, Device Preview attempts to show you the correct artboard by matching the size and position of the artboard with the size of the connected device. You can also use the navigation bar to preview a specific artboard on the device or swipe through artboards that have matching widths.

Once the connection has been successfully established, the Device Preview panel in Photoshop displays the name of the connected device. Any changes you now make to the design in Photoshop are reflected in the preview on the device. When you rotate your device, the content being previewed is rotated automatically.

Note:

While connecting to Photoshop for the first time, Preview CC requires that the Device Preview panel in Photoshop is open. Any subsequent connections don’t require this panel to be open.

Check for devices

If you're unable to see a device listed in the Device Preview dialog while connecting it, click Check For Devices.

Check For Devices when no devices are connected

Check for devices when a device is already connected

Support for artboards

You can swipe to navigate between different artboards and preview them on actual devices. For example, you can preview an iPhone artboard on an iPhone while simultaneously previewing a larger version of that artboard on an iPad, reducing the time required to test designs on multiple screens.

Preview CC automatically selects and displays the appropriate artboard based on the device screen size.

Common questions

Is Preview CC available for Android?

Preview CC is not yet available for Android.

Which version of Photoshop does Preview CC work with?

Preview CC works with Photoshop CC 2015, which is available as a free update for Creative Cloud members. You can download Photoshop CC 2015 as an update via the Creative Cloud desktop app. See this Help article to learn how to install or upgrade to Photoshop CC 2015.